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Starhawk

by Spirits Burning

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    This release also includes a bonus track — the combined version of the first two songs, under the name “Our Crash… I Have Two Names.”
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1.
Our Crash 06:14
Our Crash (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jones, Malley, Sherwood, Smith) Doug Erickson: Intro & Outro FX Guitar Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Drums, Distant Backing Vocals Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums Nigel Mazlyn Jones: Lead Vocals Matt Malley: Bass Guitar Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos Judge Smith: Backing Vocals Your world, my world, let’s collide Who’s the tin can, who’s the orange? Peel away — and there we are We’re dressed and ready for a new year I’ve got a take on an incoming ship A two-man crew and they’re going to die One piece at a time at the go-in rate It’s Code Blue and on-the-fly They’re kind of young, so let’s give them time To play with speed, to play with space A miracle here or a bad dream there To keep hope dangling in their face This is the rehash, like late night For people like us, who hit the first deadline This is the crash, like snakebite For people like us who still need a lifeline I’ve got a stake in this flying mass And what’s left of this two-man crew They come with treasures from their past They come with baggage of their futures too They bring change to my life at last And not just to my planet’s face They bring a path for me to cast Into their sea, into their space . . . I’ve got an update on our dying bird It’s first rate and bearing a flame A sign of the times and lives to come One light to see through, to the next frame
2.
I Have Two Names (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with Ellis, Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jeter, Malley, Sherwood) Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals Doug Erickson: Guitar Pads & Riffs Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Percussion Jack Gold-Molina: Cymbals, Djembe Jerry Jeter: Cavernous Backing Vocals Matt Malley: Bass Guitar Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos I have two names, I have two names I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) Step from the light to disappear So I can see all that’s near I want to know just for myself That I can be . . . without your help I have two names, I have two names (seem ready for more) I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) I show my face, I’ve got no hood I’ll always be one open book I hear your words and I reply So you can know just who am I I hear your words, I will reply I hear your words, I will reply I’ll let you know I have two names, I have two names I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) I hear your words, I will reply I hear your words, I will reply I’ll let you know . . . I have two names — Hawk and Hunter I have two names — Hawk and Hunter I give two names — Hawk and Hunter I give two names — Hawk and Hunter
3.
JigSawMan Flies A JigSawShip (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with Carsten, Christmas, Everling, Jeter, Verdeaux, York) Nat Carsten: Checkers & Backgammon with Drumsticks, Glasses & Plate with Knife, Compressed Air Can with Pen Cap Keith Christmas: Lead Vocals, Guitar Detlev Everling: Horn Don Falcone: Synths, Electronic Drums, Backing Vocals Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano Steve York: Bass Guitar JigSawMan flies a JigSawShip Living away in his JigSawHouse JigSawMan flies a JigSawShip Living away in his JigSawHouse Laid, laid out . . . on a desert canvas Far, far out . . . on a Fool’s planet Far, far out . . . on a foolish planet All made up, made from scratch Pieces that fall, fall from the sky JigSawMan serves JigSawWine To wash away the Supper Time JigSawMan speaks JigSawLines To wash away the Supper Time Laid, laid out . . . on a desert canvas Far, far out . . . on a Fool’s planet Far, far out . . . on a foolish planet
4.
Live Forever 04:45
Live Forever* (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with Clare, Ellis, MacKenzie, Sharpstrings, Smith, Wishart) Michael Clare: Bass Kev Ellis: Lead Male Vocals Don Falcone: Keys, “This is a ship” Voice Emma MacKenzie: Female Vocals Steffe Sharpstrings: Guitars Scotty Smith: Acoustic Drums Bridget Wishart: EWI (Synths) *Mixed by Danny Caccavo They dress me up With a uniform Saying if you can get From point A to point C . . . You can live, live, live, live, Live Forever! They’re taking off With me onboard That should come as no surprise When you’re the first to believe . . . You can live, live, live, live, Live Forever! This is a ship in space And the creatures inside . . . We are the same We have eyes, we have hearts We have weapons And we have biological clocks! They pen me in With a line to cross Saying if you can keep yourself Out of the way . . . You can live, live, live, live, Live Forever!
5.
My Life Of Voices (Lyrics: Tracy Williams; Music: Falcone & Williams, with Abuladze, Davey, Ellis, Pustelnik) Igor Abuladze: Guitars Alan Davey: Bass Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals Don Falcone: Keys Ken Pustelnik: Acoustic Drums Still I hear voices Voices in my head Do they want to drown me? Make me crazy My hands clenched together The blood flowing through my hands And into my head I think my head wants to explode I think my head wants to explode Is it just a nightmare? Or is it real? (I don’t know . . . ) I’m looking back I’m looking forward in time I’m looking back I’m looking forward in time So unclear to me It’s all a haze to me Black phase to me Still I hear voices Voices in my head Do they want to drown me? Make me crazy Well, it’s dark and I can’t tell If it’s day or night outside I’m in the corner of my room Huddled in the corner of my room I’m looking back . . . Still I hear voices Voices in my head Do they want to drown me? Make me crazy Head aches, full of pressure Of the blood flowing Through my veins And into my head My clenched hands Will feel the pain Of digging nails Of digging nails Still I hear voices Voices in my head Do they want to drown me? Or make me crazy?
6.
Let’s All Go Cloud Puffing (Music: Falcone, Hayles, Neri, Pavli, Thrasher, Wishart) Don Falcone: Electronic Drums Paul Hayles: Synths Giorgio Neri: Dulcimer, Guitars Pete Pavli: Bass Larry Thrasher: Tabla Bridget Wishart EWI Synths (Space Pads)
7.
Stellar Kingdom (Lyrics: verses & chorus by Karen Anderson, “This could be the moment” section by Falcone; Music: K. Anderson, with Carsten, Everling, Falcone, Jeter, Malley, Smith, Verdeaux, Wishart ) Karen Anderson: Rhythm Guitar Nat Carsten: Egg Shaker, Snare Drum Detlev Everling: Horns Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Drums Jerry Jeter: Rain Stick, Tambourine Matt Malley: Bass Guitar Judge Smith: Vocals Cyrille Verdeaux: Piano Bridget Wishart EWI (English Horn) More than 5,000 years to go So much expansion Three empires rise and fall So many wars You couldn’t count them all The Special place for a Fortunate few You couldn’t live there if you wanted to A Diamond floating in a velvet pool Bright and shiny like a shimmering jewel Earth, the home world delights Big City is so bright Where the old gods are forsaken And the Rulers are never mistaken Triads slice the world in two Flora springs up from anew Tween the cracks the oceans run wild Blue sky, engineered so mild People-moving on machines Floating roads and Robots clean Shuttles scurry in the Big City ‘Scrapers shine for the Fortunate pretty Earth, the home world delights Big City is so bright Where the old gods are forsaken And the Rulers are never mistaken “This could the moment This could be the moment This could be for sure . . . Something stirs my memory I think I’ve been here before Because something stirs my memory . . .”
8.
Spaceships At The Starting Line (Words: Maloney; Music: Falcone, with B. MacKenzie, E. MacKenzie, McDowell, Turner) Don Falcone: Keys Bert MacKenzie: Male Voice Emma MacKenzie: Female Voice Pierce McDowell: Bass Guitar Nik Turner: Saxes Let the race begin! 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, zero.
9.
We Move You 07:14
We Move You Lyrics: Falcone Music: Falcone, with Ellis, Kopecky, Sears, Tausig, Turner) Robert Berry: Lead Vocals John Ellis: Rhythm & Surf Guitars Don Falcone: Organ, Piano, Lead Synth, Strings William Kopecky: Bass Guitar Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums* *Engineer: Joshua Medina Jay Tausig: Acoustic Guitar, Space Guitars, Guitar Solo @ 4:00, Bubble Synths Nik Turner: Saxes Cloak your dreams and no one sees You’ve got a key to a destiny Mask your heart and no one gets hurt Still your chance at eternity (So still your chance) But run the race we run and we’ll know you That line you take away may fool you Take care, and good speed, may kill you When you do these things, we move you It’s no vacation, it is permanent You are what you wear, and you’ll be wearing it soon You are what you feel, and you’ll be feeling it too You are what you see, and you’ll be seeing it soon You are what you hear, and you’ll be hearing it too When you do these things, we move you It is not prepared, it’s an experiment You are what you . . . Cloak your dreams and no one sees You’ve got a key to a destiny Mask your heart and no one gets hurt So still our chance . . . Run the race we run and we will know you That line you take away, it may fool you Take care, and good speed, may kill you . . .
10.
Tripping With The Royal Family (Title: Falcone; Lyrics: Roger Neville-Neil; Music: Falcone, with Davey, Golfetti, Sears, Smith) Alan Davey: Bass Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Percussion Fabio Golfetti: Guitars Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums Judge Smith: Lead & Backing Vocals It's time to unwind . . . Take a slow sip of the wine . . . Unlocking the mind is the key Echo three-two-three Is the holo-babe for thee 'Cos you're tripping With the royal family Ooh . . . tripping with the whole family Cruising through dimensions Stepping out — out of time Hero of invention Lurking deep — in your mind It’s time to unwind . . . See the black monolith (Emperor, Sleepwalking, Bonhomie) The temptress likes her sin (Empress, Venus, on cloud nine) She’s sensual, she grinds Another slow-ship of the wine 'Cos you're tripping . . . It's time to unwind . . . Flashing to Mars It’s time to unwind . . . How long can you live? This life that they give! Xara will guide She’s . . . wanting to embrace Holy blood flows blue When it’s traveling through space 'Cos you're tripping . . . Cruising through dimensions Stepping out — out of time Hero of invention Lurking deep — in your mind
11.
Xara’s Poem (Lyrics: Mack Maloney; Music: K. Anderson, with Bole, Davey, Falcone, MacKenzie) Karen Anderson: Guitar Strums, Background Vocals Andy Bole: Gliss & Tremolo Spy Guitars Alan Davey: Bass Don Falcone: Keys, Electronic Drums Emma MacKenzie: Lead Vocals It might take you a million years To find out what you need That’s fine with me . . . We both have nothing but Time I’ll await your return and your touch And, even if it means those million years That’s fine with me . . . We both have nothing but Time I will be . . . I’ll be waiting I’ll be waiting . . . I will be . . . For Those Who Are Searching [Lyrics: Maloney] “thousands of years . . . To the place from which few could go beyond . . . a house of light . . . ” “Where does one put a lighthouse but on the most distant part of the most distant shore? But this was a lighthouse that points its beam inward. Looking not for lost vessels or scattered ships, but lost and scattered souls.” “You will meet the people and they will be like you. They will talk like you. They will have your name. And, in your eyes, you will know them immediately” “Hurry Home, for they are expecting you.”
12.
For Those Who Are Searching (Lyrics: Mack Maloney; Music: Falcone, with D. Anderson, Bailey, Wileman, Wishart) Dave Anderson: Bass Ileesha Bailey: Choir Vocals Don Falcone: Keys Richard Wileman: Guitars Bridget Wishart: Lead Vocals “thousands of years . . . To the place from which few could go beyond . . . a house of light . . . ” “Where does one put a lighthouse but on the most distant part of the most distant shore? But this was a lighthouse that points its beam inward. Looking not for lost vessels or scattered ships, but lost and scattered souls.” “You will meet the people and they will be like you. They will talk like you. They will have your name. And, in your eyes, you will know them immediately” “Hurry Home, for they are expecting you.”
13.
Rolling Out 03:27
Rolling Out (Music: Falcone, with McDowell, Poulin, Pustelnik, Verdeaux) Don Falcone: Organs Pierce McDowell: Bass Guitar Mark Poulin; Electric Guitars Ken Pustelnik: Acoustic Drums Cyrile Verdeaux: Synth Solos
14.
Angel Full Of Pity (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, Sam Herzberg, & Tracy Williams, with K. Anderson, Ellis, Gold-Molina, Malley, Poulin) Karen Anderson: Backing Vocals Kev Ellis: Lead Vocals, Harmonica Don Falcone: Keys, Rattlesnake Sound Eggs Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums Matt Malley: Bass Guitar Mark Poulin; Electric Guitars This is the earliest part of the day Where it's easy to slide from me to you This is the coolest part of the sun Where it's easy to sway from me to you Well, I'm riding over the city Like an angel full of pity Please see me through Please rid me of this pity It was just a setback But now . . . I'm on fire If everything seems upside down It's because we've loosened the chains If everything keeps coming around It's because we hold to the reins But now I'm feeling so much better My line of sight is so much better I'm riding over the city Like an angel full of pity Please see me through Please rid me of this pity It was just a setback But now . . . I’m on fire
15.
Right On The Mark (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with K. Anderson, Jeter, Richards, Rule, Sears, Wishart, York) Karen Anderson: Backing Vocals Don Falcone: Synths, Organ, Piano Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals Jerry Richards: Guitars Cyndee Lee Rule: Violin Paul Sears: Acoustic Drums Bridget Wishart: Lead Vocals Steve York: Bass When you finally take to fighting instead of talking I see you less And I see it in the lightning your eyes are frightening hold back distress And you start to speak in whispers Giving answers, I won’t recall You're right, right, right on the mark I'm in too far, I’m in too far And we start to meet in spaces where there are traces and that is all Then you circle for a moment slow movement, around the wall And I never move a muscle Thought escaping, as you start to pull You're right, right, right on the mark I'm in too far, I’m in too far
16.
This Time, This Space (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone, with D. Anderson, Bailey, Carsten, Jeter, Wileman, Wishart) Dave Anderson: Bass Guitar Ileesha Bailey: Female Vocals, Choir Nat Carsten: Djembe, Monkey Drum, Turtle Kalimba Don Falcone: Keys, Lead Vocals, Electronic Percussion, “Wine Bottle” Tap Jerry Jeter: Backing Vocals Richard Wileman: Guitars Bridget Wishart EWI (Bowed Double Bass, Oboe, Trumpet, Cello) I didn't expect to see you . . . . . . in this time, in this space (You are trapped in the time, where you are born! So strapped in the time, where you are reborn!)
17.
So Strong Is Desire* (Lyrics: Falcone; Music: Falcone & Tracy Williams, with Alder, Allen, Anderson, Clare, Neri, Smith) Daevid Allen: Male Vocals Karen Anderson: Female Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Michael Clare: Bass Don Falcone: Organ Giorgio Neri: Electric Guitars Scotty Smith: Acoustic Drums Twink: Tambourine *Mixed by Danny Caccavo I hear you, though your whispers barely there Speaking within my dreams We’re too many miles apart I write to you, expressing the way I feel But words on a paper just Lose their appeal We’re too many miles apart Too many times forgot . . . There’s a pain within my heart Burns like a flame within my heart Each day I yearn for you Well, my fire burns for you So Strong is Desire So Strong is My Fire So Strong . . . so wrong . . . I touch you, I touch you for the last time Now I reach out my arms to hold you Embracing only the cold air We’re too many miles apart Too many times forgot . . . Well there’s a pain in my heart . . . I still remember, something about you Oh I remember, something about you The look in your eyes The touch of your skin All the memories Everything about you . . . Oh, there’s a pain within my heart . . . Burns like a flame within my heart Each day I yearn for you Like my body it burns for you So Strong is Desire So Strong is My Fire . . . for you . . .
18.
Our Crash… I Have Two Names (Lyrics: Falcone; 
 Music for “Our Crash”: Falcone, with Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jones, Malley, Sherwood, Smith; 
Music for “I Have Two Names”: Falcone, with Ellis, Erickson, Gold-Molina, Jeter, Malley, Sherwood) Doug Erickson: “Our Crash” Intro & Outro FX Guitar, “I Have Two Names” Guitar Pads & Riffs Don Falcone: Keyboards, Electronic Drums & Percussion, “Our Crash” Backing Vocals Jack Gold-Molina: Acoustic Drums, Cymbals, Djembe Nigel Mazlyn Jones: “Our Crash” Lead Vocals Matt Malley: Bass Guitar Billy Sherwood: Guitar Solos Judge Smith: “Our Crash” Backing Vocals Kev Ellis: “I Have Two Names” Lead Vocals Jerry Jeter: “I Have Two Names” Cavernous Backing Vocals Your world, my world, let’s collide Who’s the tin can, who’s the orange? Peel away — and there we are We’re dressed and ready for a new year I’ve got a take on an incoming ship A two-man crew and they’re going to die One piece at a time at the go-in rate It’s Code Blue and on-the-fly They’re kind of young, so let’s give them time To play with speed, to play with space A miracle here or a bad dream there To keep hope dangling in their face This is the rehash, like late night For people like us, who hit the first deadline This is the crash, like snakebite For people like us who still need a lifeline I’ve got a stake in this flying mass And what’s left of this two-man crew They come with treasures from their past They come with baggage of their futures too They bring change to my life at last And not just to my planet’s face They bring a path for me to cast Into their sea, into their space . . . I’ve got an update on our dying bird It’s first rate and bearing a flame A sign of the times and lives to come One light to see through, to the next frame I have two names, I have two names I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) Step from the light to disappear So I can see all that’s near I want to know just for myself That I can be . . . without your help I have two names, I have two names (seem ready for more) I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) I show my face, I’ve got no hood I’ll always be one open book I hear your words and I reply So you can know just who am I I hear your words, I will reply I hear your words, I will reply I’ll let you know I have two names, I have two names I give two names, I give two names (in peace or in war) I hear your words, I will reply I hear your words, I will reply I’ll let you know . . . I have two names — Hawk and Hunter I have two names — Hawk and Hunter I give two names — Hawk and Hunter I give two names — Hawk and Hunter

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Noh Poetry Records is proud to re-release this Spirits Burning album, which was originally released by Gonzo Multimedia (November 20, 2015).

A sci-fi adventure... resurrected by Don Falcone & Mack Maloney, with Daevid Allen (Gong), Hawkwind family members Alan Davey, Paul Hayles, Jerry Richards, Nik Turner, Twink, & Bridget Wishart, plus Robert Berry (3), Keith Christmas, John Ellis (Gabriel), Kev Ellis (Space Cadets), Matt Malley (Counting Crows), Nigel Mazlyn Jones, Pete Pavli (High Tide), Ken Pustelnik (The Groundhogs), Billy Sherwood (Yes), Judge Smith (Van der Graaf Generator), Steffe Sharpstrings (Here and Now), Cyrille Verdeaux (Clearlight), Steve York, & more...

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released December 7, 2020

Produced by Don Marino Falcone

Mixed by Don Falcone
Mastered by Robert Rich

Starhawk novel by Mack Maloney
www.speakingvolumes.us

Thanks to Putnam Books for the
Starhawk logo design

Artwork by Steve Lines
Grey Tones: Matt Woodward

Front Cover & Graphic Layout: Karen Anderson

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www.spiritsburning.com
www.donfalcone.com
www.mackmaloney.com

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Spirits Burning California

Spirits Burning is a music collective led by Don Falcone.

The band celebrate space, prog, new music, and other genres, and have included input from family members of Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Gong, Clearlight, Van Der Graaf Generator, and many other groups.

As of 2024, Spirits Burning have released 18 albums, featuring over 270 musicians.
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